‘재일’의 근거로서의 『화산도』

Abstract

This research seeks to investigate Kim Sok-pom’s epic novel Kazanto, written from 1960s to 1990s, in the respect of a foundation of zainichi. Considering that Kim Sok-pom had been at feud with the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, it was not surprised that he attempted Japanese writing since he withdrawed from the association. In this article, I examine below two aspects by considering Kazanto. First, what I found most intriguing in Kim Sok-pom’s trajectory in 1970s and 1980s was his Japanese writing and criticism toward Korean Japanese literature in terms of universalism. I suggest that Kazanto should be read in the perspective of universalism rather than localism or singularity. Second, I analyze connection between Kim Sok-pom’s activities in the magazine Kikan Sanzenri and Kazanto. It is hard to understand Kazanto when one only focuses on feud between the General Association and Kim Sok-pom because it depicts a long-running conflicts between them until 1980s. Criticism against authority in Kazanto is also closely related to the Kim’s experience since Kim he left the General Association in 1968. In the above analyses I re-illuminate Kazanto from criticizing Takeda Seiji’s book ‘ZAINICHI’ AS FOUNDATION. It is not difficult to saa that Kazanto is the foundation of Kim’s being of zainichi because it does not take the side between North and South. Rather Kazanto severally criticizes both sides in terms of restoration of humanity.